cellar

Example Sentences

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Oregon had, on the other hand, spent most of the season in the Big Ten cellar.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

"I lost everything, and we just survived because my family and our neighbours were hiding in the cellar," she says.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

My preschool was built over the cellar of the medieval palace where Shakespeare set a scene in “Richard II.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

On Zanzibar in Tanzania Mr. Butler-Gallie regards the juxtaposition of faith and profit where a church stands over a cellar that once imprisoned slaves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Once the lantern was burning steadily, I rose to my feet and continued deeper into the cellar.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros